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Wagner: Die Walküre - Solti

Decca Classics 4853160 (4 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Opera

Wagner: Die Walküre

Hans Hotter (Wotan)
Gottlob Frick (Hunding)
Helen Watts (Schwertleite)
Vera Little (Siegrunde)
Brigitte Fassbaender (Waltraute)
Christa Ludwig (Fricka)
Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde)
Vera Schlosser (Gerhilde)
Marilyn Tyler (Grimgerde)
Berit Lindholm (Helmwige)
Helge Dernesch (Ortlinde)
Claudia Hellman (Rossweise)
Régine Crespin (Sieglinde)
James King (Siegmund)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)